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Author Weisberg, David B.

Title Leaders and legacies in Assyriology and Bible [electronic resource] : the collected essays of David B. Weisberg / David B. Weisberg.

Imprint Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2012.

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Description xviii, 413 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Loyalty and death : some ancient near eastern metaphors -- Zabaya, an early king of the Larsa dynasty -- Rib-Hadda's urgent tone : a note on EA 74:50 -- The length of the reign of Hallusu-Insusinak -- Esarhaddon and Egypt : a preliminary investigation -- A sale of property from the time of Esarhaddon, "king of lands" -- The neo-Babylonian empire -- The "antiquarian" interests of the neo-Babylonian kings -- Royal women of the neo-Babylonian period -- A "dinner at the palace" during Nebuchadnezzar's reign -- Notes on Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year -- Polytheism and politics : some comments on Nabonidus' foreign policy -- The impact of Assyriology on Biblical studies -- An old Babylonian forerunner to Summa Alu -- The R. Campbell Thompson tablets published by Ivan Lee Holt -- A guided tour through Babylonian history : cuneiform inscriptions in the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Jacob Wards off endangerment -- Wool and linen material in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar -- Character development in the Book of Ruth -- The rare accents of the twenty-one books -- Break in the middle of a verse : some observations on a Massoretic feature -- I.O. Lehman, HUC mss 951-981 from Kai Feng, and a purported link between China and Yemen -- Some observations on late Babylonian texts and rabbinic literature -- Visibility of the new moon in cuneiform and rabbinic sources -- "Feet of iron" in the Babylonian Talmud? -- Everyday life in the neo-Babylonian period : the integration of material and non-material culture -- A neo-Babylonian dialogue document -- A Mar Banutu text from the town of Hubat -- A neo-Babylonian temple report -- Pirquti or Sirkuti? : was Istar-ab-Ussur's freedom affirmed or was he re-enslaved? -- "Splendid truths" or "prodigious commotion"? : ancient near eastern texts and the study of the Bible -- A centennial review of Friedrich Delitzsch's "Babel und Bibel" lectures -- Delitzsch in context -- Babel und Bibel und Bias : how anti-Semitism distorted Friedrich Delitzsch's scholarship -- On reading archival texts : M. Jursa's comments to OIP 122 and the limits of criticism.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Bible. O.T. -- History.
Assyriology.
Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781575062303 (cloth alk. paper)
9781575066882 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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